New Government Reports Provide Further Evidence Of Avandia's Dangers
New reports to be issued following a Senate investigation and results from a clinical trial appear to further solidify the dangers associated with Avandia (rosiglitazone). As cited by The New York Times, the reports conclude that if Avandia patients switched to a similar diabetes drug, Actos, approximately 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure could be avoided every month. These recent studies are just the latest in an extensive series of studies that have been critical of both the side-effects associated with Avandia and GlaxoSmithKline's knowledge of the health risks when it aggressively marketed the drug. The Senate...
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MRI Dangers: Pacemakers And Metallic Foreign Bodies
A fall or an injury in a nursing home frequently means a referral for a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the injured area. An MRI uses powerful magnets and radio waves to produce very clear images of the body that are more accurate than x-rays. Not everyone is capable of undergoing an MRI. Because of the strong magnetic fields and electrical interference people with the following medical conditions should alert their physician or technician before undergoing any MRI procedure: Heart pacemaker Cerebral aneurysm clip (metal clip on a blood vessel in the brain) Implanted insulin pump (for treatment of diabetes),...
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